Adil Carcani

Adil Carcani (15 May 1922-13 October 1997) was the Prime Minister of Albania (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers) from 1981 to 1991, succeeding Mehmet Shehu and preceding Fatos Nano.

Biography
Adil Carcani was born on 15 May 1922 in Fushe-Bardhe, Albania, and he fought in the Albanian Resistance against the Royal Italian Army during World War II. After the war, he joined the Party of Labor of Albania and served as mining minister in the 1950s before joining the Politburo. After the assassination of Mehmet Shehu in 1981, Carcani became the new head of state of Albania, and he presided over the communist state's last few years. In 1991, he resigned when mobs angrily tore down statues of Enver Hoxha and protested against the communist government, leading to the transition to capitalism. Carcani gave the opening speech in Parliament as an MP, and he was sentenced to five years under house arrest in 1994 due to his alleged abuse of power. He died in Tirana in 1997.